Chapter 1 Within the Palace Complex

Within the palace complex, all was calm.

This vast, time-and-space-spanning realm for those at the half-step to the Third Realm level had been filtered, leaving only a hundred or so who could enter the palace complex. Each of them possessed extraordinary talent. At this moment, they had all chosen opportunities suited to them, focusing on comprehension.

"I understand," said City Lord Fei Ke, looking at the densely packed characters on the palace courtyard wall. His eyes followed the patterns of the characters, seeing the changes in time and space, and the hand above it all.

City Lord Fei Ke was a highly accomplished individual in the science lineage! In the time-space arena, he was eagerly invited by Third Realm existences, participating in several teams and shining brightly.

In terms of talent, even among the countless half-step Third Realm cultivators across countless timelines, he could be considered a leader.

Using his scientific research methods, even though he did not recognize the mysterious characters, he deduced patterns and inferred a great deal of information, allowing him to interpret more and more of the article.

"This article contains endless information. With this information alone, I can transcend the timeline and enter the Third Realm." A large number of characters appeared in City Lord Fei Ke's mind, naturally combining into the shape of a flying bird.

Buzz!

At the center of City Lord Fei Ke's brow, a flying bird talisman imprint appeared, and a trace of mysterious power affecting time and space began to surround his body.

City Lord Fei Ke's powerful life form was also constantly transforming its power into an even more terrifying level! This wisp of power had broken through the limits, gradually approaching the Third Realm.

"Only with the condensation of the talisman, one just enters the door." City Lord Fei Ke's eyes held amazement, "The Ultimate Existence is benevolent, bestowing the inheritance of the talisman lineage, greatly increasing our hopes of becoming Third Realm existences."

His accumulation was so profound that after condensing the talisman, he understood that he was one step closer to the Third Realm.

In the past, the gap between the half-step Third Realm and the Third Realm was a chasm! It was too difficult to cross.

The talisman lineage, however, had built a chain over this chasm. Although the chain was steep, by stepping on it… as long as one advanced, there was hope of reaching the other end, truly becoming a Third Realm existence.

"Entering the door of the talisman lineage, my coming to the Ultimate Land has already been an immeasurable gain." Tears welled up in City Lord Fei Ke's eyes. After a long time, he finally saw the hope of his own advancement to the Third Realm.

"No wonder Wu Ming was able to travel through time and space before, and could kill an invincible half-step Third Realm existence with a few spear strikes. It turns out he had already condensed the talisman before entering the palace complex." City Lord Fei Ke's expression was calm, "He is further along this path than I am. But he is only temporarily ahead. I have hope of catching up."

City Lord Fei Ke continued to study the article on the courtyard wall, countless characters floating in his mind as he continued his in-depth research.

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Outside the Ultimate Land, 35 towering existences were constantly watching the internal situation from afar. They could not, through cause and effect or timelines, glimpse any of the opportunities within the palace complex, but they could observe the progress of these half-step Third Realm existences.

"Within the palace complex, three half-step Third Realm existences have condensed talismans, namely Wu Ming, City Lord Fei Ke, and the Cloud Traveler." Lord Yu Huo said with a smile, "Just by condensing the talismans, their hopes of becoming Third Realm existences have greatly increased. Perhaps it won't be long before our time and space will have one or two more Third Realm existences."

"Not that easy." A black light figure said coldly, "Condensing the talismans only increases their hopes. Truly breaking through? Hmph, Yu Huo, you should know how difficult it is."

"I also don't know what the Ultimate Existence left this place for." Lord Ke Ye suddenly said softly, "Just to leave behind a legacy? Now three half-step Third Realm existences have entered, how many creatures are they going to teach?"

Drunken Old Man also said, "You see, even in the outer regions of the Ultimate Land, those half-step Third Realm existences who can't find a way out are studying those characters one by one."

"If they study long enough, they will gain something."

"In my opinion, the miraculous objects are false, the palace complex is false, these characters are the root! They are the true opportunity that the Ultimate Existence left for them."

The 35 Third Realm existences chatted casually, using the eyes of the half-step Third Realm existences to peep at those characters and study them. Each of them could easily condense talismans by studying the characters.

But for them, condensing talismans was meaningless. In the early stages, the talisman lineage… was fundamentally inferior to true Third Realm existences.

As for reaching the middle and later stages?

Just with these scattered characters, the Third Realm existences also felt very confused.

"These scattered characters, scattered, have limited value. They can be combined, and their combined complete inheritance… is the most precious." Lord Ke Ye, as the existence with the highest realm present, had deduced that these characters could definitely form a complete inheritance.

But it seemed that the Ultimate Existence did not intend to teach them to these Third Realm existences.

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The Ultimate Land had become very calm for a time.

The native creatures no longer attacked, and the half-step Third Realm existences outside the palace complex could not get out, so they could only study the characters one by one, studying some miraculous objects.

The hundred or so powerhouses in the palace complex were even more focused on opportunities.

In that hall.

Xu Jingming was watching a row of spears. The 129 different spears held immense attraction for him. Each spear was like a world, worth his careful reading and understanding.

In a daze.

Xu Jingming seemed to see a blurred figure pick up a spear and demonstrate its use.

Scene after scene.

It was that blurred, difficult-to-see figure, using 129 spears respectively.

"I can't see clearly, but I can feel that charm." Xu Jingming stretched out his hand, and the miraculous object, the Mind Staff, naturally transformed, changing into the appearance of one of the spears. Xu Jingming held the spear and began to imitate.

Imitating that charm, Xu Jingming's Mind Spear Technique made the entire hall flicker with light and darkness. Xu Jingming appeared and disappeared, and when he was hidden, he seemed to disappear completely from this time and space.

Xu Jingming's spear changed in his hand, turning into the appearance of another spear, and he began to imitate again.

For the past half year, Xu Jingming had been using the miraculous object, the Mind Staff, to transform into the appearance of 129 spears, using imitation to understand and comprehend. He could feel that the method of imitation… was the most efficient!

"Whoosh." With the spear in his hand, Xu Jingming transformed into a flame, instantly piercing through most of the hall and appearing at the other end. A look of joy appeared on Xu Jingming's face.

"I understand, I understand." Xu Jingming was overjoyed, looking at the 129 spears with excitement, feeling that the 129 spears were an endless treasure, "These different Mind Spear Techniques, each one is not for killing the enemy, this is not a spear technique for killing the enemy, but a spear technique for refining the mind!"

"These are 129 kinds of spear techniques for refining the mind."

"Lord Yu Huo once created the *Eight Directions Diagram*, thinking that the eighth level, the 'Great Freedom Realm', was the most perfect. But, he was wrong."

"There is no end to the road of refining the mind!"

At this moment, countless spear techniques naturally emerged in Xu Jingming's mind, and 129 kinds of spear techniques were being practiced at the same time, affecting Xu Jingming's mind and will from different angles. At this moment, Xu Jingming felt like a silkworm turning into a butterfly, transforming.

"The core of the Mind Spear Technique is not to kill the enemy, but to refine the mind, refine oneself." Xu Jingming vaguely felt the will of that blurred figure.

One's own strength! Is invincible! True invincibility!

Buzz~~~

As Xu Jingming's mind and will transformed, the 129 spears in the hall also resonated. They vibrated one by one, and then each spear shattered, shattering into countless characters.

The 129 spears, each spear was composed of a large number of characters, they were not real weapons.

At this moment, the countless characters scattered by these spears all flew towards Xu Jingming, pouring into his body.

"Rumble~~~"

The characters formed by the simultaneous dispersal of 129 spears already exceeded one billion, and the massive number of characters poured into Xu Jingming's body in a short period of time, making Xu Jingming's consciousness somewhat dazed.

His thinking stagnated, and his brain was doing its best to receive this character information.

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As Xu Jingming received the massive amount of character information, the entire Ultimate Land began to tremble.

"What's going on?"

Countless half-step Third Realm existences were mostly comprehending miraculous objects and characters, and at this moment they all felt the Ultimate Land trembling. Then they saw with astonishment that the boundless land was slowly collapsing.

The distant mountains were also disintegrating.

"My miraculous object, no--" These half-step Third Realm existences were horrified to find that the miraculous objects they had competed to obtain were all disintegrating.

"These characters are also disintegrating!" They reluctantly grasped the mysterious characters, but as the entire Ultimate Land collapsed, they were also dissipating. No matter how hard the half-step Third Realm existences tried, they could not grasp them, and could only watch them dissipate, as if they had never existed.

Land, mountains, characters, miraculous objects, everything was collapsing, even the palace complex was collapsing.

"My treasure." In Xu Jingming's portable universe, Boatman Beihe watched his treasured miraculous objects disintegrating, also anxiously unwilling, "Wu Ming, the miraculous objects are all disintegrating, the characters are also disintegrating, what to do?"

Xu Jingming was sitting cross-legged, but there was no response.

At this moment, all his mind and consciousness were receiving massive amounts of characters, and he had no energy to deal with the outside world. At this moment, the miraculous objects and mysterious characters that Xu Jingming himself carried were also disintegrating.

It was destined that these treasures could not be taken out.

Competing for so long, it was all in vain.

"Our bodies, are also dissipating?" What horrified countless half-step Third Realm existences was that the power of the world's collapse was becoming stronger and stronger, and their bodies were disintegrating uncontrollably.

"Ultimate Land, we have been fighting for so long, and in the end, not only will we not get any treasures, but we will also have to be buried here?"

"Everyone has to die, everyone has to die!"

These half-step Third Realm existences had no choice but to watch themselves dissipate one by one.

The native creatures that were originally hidden in nothingness also appeared. These native creatures were all looking in the direction of the palace complex from afar. They were also disintegrating, and after disintegrating, they turned into characters, and the characters also disintegrated.

Everything was like a bubble, destined to dissipate completely.

The palace complex was also collapsing, and all opportunities were collapsing.

"Are we going to die?"

City Lord Fei Ke also discovered that the miraculous objects and mysterious characters he had obtained had all disintegrated, and his own body was also disintegrating. He looked reluctantly at the article on the collapsing courtyard wall, "The opportunity is over! There is no chance to comprehend it again, but being able to comprehend a part… is already a great opportunity! In this world, nothing can be taken away except knowledge!"

The palace complex collapsed, and the bodies of the half-step Third Realm existences were disintegrating.

"Huh?" These disintegrating half-step Third Realm existences discovered Xu Jingming in the distance.

Xu Jingming was surrounded by dense, countless characters, and these characters were constantly pouring into his body, being absorbed by him. Moreover, Xu Jingming's body was intact and had not disintegrated.

"He hasn't disintegrated?"

"This Wu Ming hasn't disintegrated?"

Not only the hundred or so powerhouses in the palace complex saw this scene, but also the large number of half-step Third Realm existences who had been unwilling to guard outside the palace complex. As they disintegrated, they also saw the only powerhouse whose body was intact—Wu Ming!

Everything was dissipating, except for Wu Ming!

"He got the real opportunity."

"This Wu Ming, got the great opportunity left by the Ultimate Existence!" At this moment, these powerhouses were extremely envious and jealous, and they were eager to take his place.

As the massive amount of character information completely poured into his body, Xu Jingming finally felt his mind and consciousness suddenly relax. He then opened his eyes and carefully looked around.

Most of the entire Ultimate Land had already collapsed.

Countless creatures had been exterminated.

Miraculous objects, characters, palace complex, all disappeared, and in this boundless space, only some weapons, armor, wings, and other things belonging to those half-step Third Realm existences were still floating.

"They are all dead?" Xu Jingming and Xu Jingming's avatars on the periphery looked at each other from afar. Even Boatman Beihe, who was hiding in the portable universe, had also died.